Advanced Placement Exams (AP)
AP Exam
Title
Score
Related
Course
3, 4, 5
Drawing
General
4, 5
4, 5
3D
4, 5
Sub Title
Art History
Art
4
Biology
5
4
Chemistry
5
Computer
Science
JAVA (2004+) A
5
JAVA (2004+) AB
4, 5
C++ (pre-2004) A
4, 5
C++ (pre-2004) AB
4
5
Cr
Maj
Core
GenEd
ARTH100
3
No
Yes
No
ARTT110
Lower
Level
Elective
Under
Review
BSCI105 &
Lower
Level
elective
BSCI105 &
BSCI106
3
3
Yes No
No No
Yes
No
8
Yes Yes
No No
Yes
No
8
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
CHEM131
&
CHEM132
CHEM131
&
CHEM132
&
CHEM271
4
Yes Yes
Yes
6
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Lower
Level
Elective
Lower
Level
Elective
Lower
Level
Elective
Lower
Level
Elective
Lower
Level
Elective
4
No
No
No
4
No
No
No
4
No
No
No
4
No
No
No
6
No
No
No
3
Notes
ARTH100 fulfills COREArts requirement. Contact
department for placement,
301-405-1479.
Students interested in
establishing credit for
specific courses must
submit portfolio for
evaluation; call 301-4051442
BSCI fulfills a major
requirement in all
Biological Sciences; it also
fulfills CORE-Lab (Life)
Science requirement or
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-Natural Sciences
Lab requirement. Contact
the College of Computer,
Mathematical, & Natural
Sciences for placement,
301-405-2080.
CHEM fulfills a major
requirement in all
Biological Sciences,
Chemistry, and
Biochemistry majors; it also
fulfills CORE-Lab
(Physical) Science
requirement or GenEdDistributive Studies-Natural
Sciences Lab requirement.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-1791.
Credit will be given for
either the A or the AB exam
but not both. Credit may be
earned for both the C++ and
Java exams. Students
receiving an acceptable
score on the Java exam (5
on A, 4 or 5 on AB) are
exempt from CMSC131.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-2672.
AP Exam
Title
Sub Title
Economics
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
English
Literature & Comp
Score
French
Literature
Core
GenEd
3
3
3
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
No
Yes
3
Lower
Level
Elective
Lower
Level
Elective &
ENGL240
Lower
Level
Elective
ENGL101
3
No
No
No
6
No
No
No
3
Yes Yes
No No
No
No
3
No
*
Yes
Lower
Level
Elective
3
No
Yes
Yes
FREN203
FREN204
&
FREN211
4
6
No Yes
Yes Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
FREN204
FREN204
&
FREN250
3
6
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No
No
Yes Yes
No
3
4, 5
Language
Maj
ECON201
ECON105
ECON200
4, 5
Environmental
Science
Cr
4, 5
3
4, 5
4, 5
Language & Comp
Related
Course
4
5
4
5
Notes
Economics majors must
score 4 or 5 to receive credit
toward the major. ECON
fulfills one of two CORESocial/Behavioral Science
requirements or one of the
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-History & Social
Sciences requirements.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-3266.
Students with score of 4 or
5 on Lang and Comp exam
satisfy CORE-Fundamental
Studies Freshman Writing
requirement or the GenEdFundamental StudiesAcademic Writing
requirement (*ENGL 101).
Students with credit for the
Language exam may not
receive credit for ENGL291
or its equivalent. ENGL240
fulfills CORE-Literature
requirement. Contact
department for placement,
301-405-3825.
Fills CORE-Physical
Science requirement or
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-Natural Sciences.
Language: Students with
score of 4 who wish to
continue must enroll in
FREN 204; with a score of
5 must enroll in FREN250
or higher.
Literature: Students with
score of 4 must enroll in
FREN 250; with score of 5
may enroll in 300-level
courses. FREN203, 204, or
211 fulfills COREHumanities requirement;
FREN250 fulfills CORELiterature requirement.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-4034.
AP Exam
Title
Sub Title
Geography
Human
German
Language
Score
Related
Course
Cr
Maj
Core
GenEd
4, 5
GEOG202
3
Yes Yes
Yes
4
5
GERM203
GERM203
&
GERM204
4
7
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes Yes
No
Gov't &
Politics
United States
Comparative
3, 4, 5
3, 4, 5
GVPT 170
GVPT280
3
3
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes
No
History
United States
4
HIST200 or
HIST201
HIST200 &
HIST201
3
Yes Yes
Yes
6
Yes Yes
Yes
HIST112 or
HIST113
HIST112 &
HIST113
3
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
5
European
4
5
6
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Notes
GEOG202 fulfills one of
two CORE
Social/Behavioral Science
requirements or one of two
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-History & Social
Sciences requirement.
Contact deptartment for
placement 301-405-4073.
Students with score of 4
who wish to continue must
enroll in GERM204; with
score of 5 must enroll in
GERM 220. Contact
department for placement,
301-405-4091.
GVPT170 fulfills one of
two CORESocial/Behavioral Science
requirements or one of the
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-History & Social
Sciences requirements.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-4124.
U.S. History: A score of 4
earns three credits as chosen
by the student (HIST200 or
HIST201). A score of 5
earns six credits (HIST200
& HIST201). Either fulfills
CORE-History or the
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-History & Social
Sciences requirement.
European History: A score
of 4 will be awarded 3
credits as chosen by the
student (HIST112 or
HIST113). A score of 5 will
be awarded 6 credits
(HIST112 & HIST113).
HIST112 fills COREHumanities requirement;
HIST113 fills COREHistory requirement or one
of the GenEd-Distributive
Studies-History & Social
Sciences requirements; see
department for placement.
AP Exam
Title
Sub Title
World
Score
4,5
5
Italian
Related
Course
Cr
Maj
HIST219
3
Yes Yes
No
ITAL204 &
ITAL211
6
Yes
No
4
4
4
4
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Latin
Vergil
Catullus & Cicero
Catullus & Horace
Catullus & Ovid
4, 5
4, 5
4, 5
4, 5
LATN201
LATN201
LATN201
LATN201
Mathematics
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
4, 5
4, 5
Calculus BC with
AB Subscore
4, 5
MATH140* 4
MATH140 8
&
MATH141
MATH140 4
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Core
GenEd
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No
Yes
Notes
World History: Fills COREHistory requirement; see
department for placement,
301-405-4272
ITAL204 fulfills the
CORE-Humanities
requirement; contact
department for placement,
301-405-4024.
Students with score of 4 or
5 may not take LATN201
or lower for credit. Students
with a score of 4 or 5 in
more than one AP Latin test
may receive additional
credit. Contact department
for placement and credit
adjustment, 301-405-2013.
*MATH141 may be
completed through creditby-exam. MATH140 fulfills
CORE-Fundamental
Studies Math and COREMath & Formal Reasoning
Non-Lab. MATH140
fulfills GenEd-Fundamental
Studies-Math and GenEdFundamental StudiesAnalytic Reasoning
requirements. Students who
receive credit for
MATH140 or 140 & 141
may not receive credit for
MATH220 or 220 & 221.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-5053.
The Calculus BC w/AB
subscore is treated as if the
BC exam was the AB exam.
Students may not receive
AB subscore credit if credit
was awarded for the BC
exam.
AP Exam
Title
Score
Related
Course
Music
Listening/Literature 3, 4, 5
Theory
4
5
Physics
Physics B
4, 5
Physics C :
Mechanics
4, 5
Sub Title
Physics C :
Elec./Magnet.
4
5
Psychology
4, 5
Cr
Maj
Core
GenEd
MUSC130
MUSC140
MUSC150
3
3
3
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
PHYS121
&
PHYS122
PHYS141
or
PHYS161
or
PHYS171
PHYS 142
or
PHYS260/1
PHYS142
or
PHYS260/1
or
PHYS272
8
No
Yes
Yes
4
No
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
4
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes
Yes
4
Yes Yes
No Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
Yes Yes
Yes
PSYC100
3
Yes Yes
Yes
Notes
MUSC130 or 140 fulfills
CORE Arts History/Theory
requirement or one of the
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-Humanities
requirements. Majors
should contact department
for placement, 301-4055563.
PHYS121 and 122 fulfill
CORE-Lab (Physical)
Science requirement or
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-Natural Sciences
Lab requirement. Physics C
exams fulfill major
requirements in Biological
Sciences, Engineering, or
Physics; they also fulfill the
CORE-Lab (Physical)
Science requirement or
GenEd-Distributive
Studies-Natural Sciences
Lab requirement. A score of
4 or 5 on the Physics C
exams will be awarded four
credits as chosen by the
student and his/her advisor.
Students must have credit
for AP Calculus BC to take
the next course in sequence.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-5979.
The AP exam counts
towards the 35 required
major credits. If a student
enters with AP credit, s/he
must complete PSYC221
with a grade of B or better.
CORE: PSYC100 fulfills
one of two CORESocial/Behavioral Science
requirements.
GenEd: PSYC100 fulfills
either one of the
Distributive Studies-History
& Social Sciences OR the
Distributive Studies-Natural
Sciences requirement
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-5866.
AP Exam
Title
Spanish
Sub Title
Language
Literature
Statistics
Score
4
5
4
5
4, 5
Related
Course
SPAN203
SPAN204
&
SPAN207
SPAN221
SPAN207
&
SPAN221
STAT100
Cr
Maj
Core
GenEd
4
6
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
3
6
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes Yes
No
3
*
Yes
Yes
Notes
Language: Students with a
score of 4 who wish to
continue must enroll in
SPAN204, 207, or 211;
with score of 5 must enroll
in 300-level courses.
Literature: Students with
score of 4 or 5 must enroll
in 300-level courses.
SPAN 203 or 204 fulfills
CORE-Humanities
requirement. SPAN221
fulfills CORE-Literature
requirement. SPAN207
fulfills one of the GenEdDistributive StudiesHumanities requirements.
Contact department for
placement, 301-405-6452.
STAT100 fulfills COREFundamental Math and
CORE-Math & Formal
Reasoning Non-Lab.
STAT100 fulfills GenEdFundamental Studies-Math
& GenEd-Fundamental
Studies-Analytic Reasoning
requirements.
* STAT100 fulfills program
requirements in certain
majors. Consult advisor.
Please Note: "Lower Level" refers to courses at the lower (100 and 200) level. Students may not receive credit for
AP courses AND for equivalent University of Maryland courses or transfer courses (including IB or CLEP). Credit
will be deleted in such cases. Decisions about applicability of courses to CORE or General Education are
updated on an ongoing basis. Consult Schedule of Classes for most recent information. Native speakers may not
earn AP credit for the French, German, or Spanish language exams.